Rastafari rights demand more than cultural applause
“Rights acquire meaning in the places where people learn, work, receive care, and sustain their families.”
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Author: Ika Washington
The cost of medical racism is too high to ignore
“Nearly half of Black women are walking away from the healthcare system, knowing something is wrong, but choosing the risk of illness over the certainty of dismissal.”
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Health Precarity and the Caribbean Migrant Worker
“Consumers care more than ever about how food gets to their tables, yet Canada routinely ignores the hands that harvest it.”
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The air we share, what wildfire smoke does to the body
“The haze may lift within hours, while the health effects of wildfire smoke can continue for days.”
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Clinical research; Why we need to be more involved
“When we opt out of clinical trials, we opt out of our future to be part of and to shape medicine.”
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Canada commits $8.6 Million to Support Black Communities
“The implementation of Canada’s Black Justice Strategy is about moving words to action.” -The Honourable Patricia Lattanzio
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Toronto’s undetected HIV stigma
“When we bring HIV into the open with accuracy and compassion, we create conditions for earlier testing, stronger treatment uptake, and healthier communities.”
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The deadly cost of Ontario’s war on drugs
“To attribute this escalating mortality solely to individual choices is to ignore the socioeconomic inequalities and systemic barriers that are the true drivers of this crisis.”
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Precision, dignity, and the future of community Cancer care
“Excellent cancer care begins with timely answers, skilled diagnostics, and support that sees the whole person.”
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Aging alone in the Caribbean community
“In Caribbean culture, elders are the anchors of our traditions, and the keepers of our collective memory.”
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